Display panel and display apparatus including the same
A display panel includes a substrate including a corner display area including a strip portion between cut portions; and corner pixels in the strip portion and corner pixel circuits which drives the corner pixels, wherein each of the corner pixels includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel, and each of the corner pixel circuits includes a first pixel circuit which drives the first sub-pixel, a second pixel circuit which drives the second sub-pixel, and a third pixel circuit which drives the third sub-pixel, and the first pixel circuit, the second pixel circuit, and the third pixel circuit included in an n-th corner pixel circuit in a first direction that is a lengthwise direction of the strip portion are arranged differently from the first pixel circuit, the second pixel circuit, and the third pixel circuit in an (n+1)-th corner pixel circuit.
1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate including a first display area and a second display area;
first pixels on the substrate in the first display area;
first pixel circuits on the substrate in the first display area, wherein the first pixel circuits drive the first pixels; and
second pixels on the substrate in the second display area; and
second pixel circuits on the substrate in the second display area, wherein the second pixel circuits drive the second pixels,
wherein
each of the second pixels includes a 2-1st sub-pixel, a 2-2nd sub-pixel, and a 2-3rd sub-pixel,
each of the second pixel circuits includes a 2-1st pixel circuit which drives the 2-1st sub-pixel, a 2-2nd pixel circuit which drives the 2-2nd sub-pixel, and a 2-3rd pixel circuit which drives the 2-3rd sub-pixel, and
an arrangement of the 2-1st pixel circuit, the 2-2nd pixel circuit and the 2-3rd pixel circuit in an n-th second pixel circuit in a first direction is different from an arrangement of the 2-1st pixel circuit, the 2-2nd pixel circuit and the 2-3rd pixel circuit in an (n+1)-th second pixel circuit in the first direction, wherein n is a natural number.
2. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein
the 2-1st pixel circuits and the 2-3rd pixel circuits are alternately arranged in a first column which extends in the first direction, and
the 2-2nd pixel circuits are arranged in a second column which is adjacent to the first column.
3. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the 2-1st pixel circuit overlaps at least two of the 2-1st sub-pixel, the 2-2nd sub-pixel, and the 2-3rd sub-pixel.
4. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the 2-2nd pixel circuit overlaps the 2-1st sub-pixel, the 2-2nd sub-pixel, and the 2-3rd sub-pixel.
5. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein an arrangement of the first pixels is different from an arrangement of the second pixels.
6. The display panel of claim 1 , further comprising signal lines disposed extending in the first direction outside the second pixel circuit.
7. The display panel of claim 6 , wherein
the signal lines transfers scan signals, and
some of the signal lines are connected to the n-th second pixel circuit and the (n+1)-th second pixel circuit.
8. The display panel of claim 6 , wherein a data line, which transfers data signals to the second pixel circuits, overlaps the second pixel circuits and extends in the first direction.
9. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the 2-1st sub-pixel, the 2-2nd sub-pixel, and the 2-3rd sub-pixel are red pixel, green pixel, and blue pixel, respectively.
10. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the second display area includes a curved portion.
11. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel including a first display area and a second display area; and
a cover window covering the display panel,
the display panel comprising:
a substrate;
first pixels on the substrate in the first display area;
first pixel circuits on the substrate in the first display area, wherein the first pixel circuits drive the first pixels; and
second pixels on the substrate in the second display area; and
second pixel circuits on the substrate in the second display area, wherein the second pixel circuits drive the second pixels,
wherein
each of the second pixels includes a 2-1st sub-pixel, a 2-2nd sub-pixel, and a 2-3rd sub-pixel,
each of the second pixel circuits includes a 2-1st pixel circuit which drives the 2-1st sub-pixel, a 2-2nd pixel circuit which drives the 2-2nd sub-pixel, and a 2-3rd pixel circuit which drives the 2-3rd sub-pixel, and
an arrangement of the 2-1st pixel circuit, the 2-2nd pixel circuit and the 2-3rd pixel circuit in an n-th second pixel circuit in a first direction is different from an arrangement of the 2-1st pixel circuit, the 2-2nd pixel circuit and the 2-3rd pixel circuit in an (n+1)-th second pixel circuit in the first direction, wherein n is a natural number.
12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein
the 2-1st pixel circuits and the 2-3rd pixel circuits are alternately arranged in a first column which extends in the first direction, and
the 2-2nd pixel circuits are arranged in a second column which is adjacent to the first column.
13. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the 2-1st pixel circuit overlaps at least two of the 2-1st sub-pixel, the 2-2nd sub-pixel, and the 2-3rd sub-pixel.
14. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the 2-2nd pixel circuit overlaps the 2-1st sub-pixel, the 2-2nd sub-pixel, and the 2-3rd sub-pixel.
15. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein an arrangement of the first pixels is different from an arrangement of the second pixels.
16. The display apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising signal lines disposed extending in the first direction outside the second pixel circuit.
17. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein
the signal lines transfers scan signals, and
some of the signal lines are connected to the n-th second pixel circuit and the (n+1)-th second pixel circuit.
18. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein a data line, which transfers data signals to the second pixel circuits, overlaps the second pixel circuits and extends in the first direction.
19. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the 2-1st sub-pixel, the 2-2nd sub-pixel, and the 2-3rd sub-pixel are red pixel, green pixel, and blue pixel, respectively.
20. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second display area includes a curved portion.